Situla

HR 8610 · HIP 111710 · κ Aqr

👁️ Naked-eye

📋 A written introduction is coming — for now this page shows official values only.

Star

Apparent magnitude: 5.03 mag
Parallax: 15.25 mas → about 213.9 light-years away
Spectral type: K2III
Right ascension: 339.4391°
Declination: -4.2281°
Designation: HR 8610
Bayer designation: κ Aqr
HIP number: 111710
IAU name adopted: 2016-09-12
Name language: Latin
Name origin (IAU): A Latin word meaning "pot" or "bucket", used in Early Modern philological studies as the translation of the Arabic constellation name al-dalw, for Aquarius. Subsequently the word was applied as a star name to k Aqr. The Arabs located al-dalw ("the Well Bucket") in today's Square of Pegasus. In that location it corresponded to what in other cultures was Aquarius among the zodiacal signs. The Arabs subsequently used the indigenous name al-dalw for the Greek Water Pourer (Aquarius).

Constellation

Light from this object takes about 214 years to reach Earth — the light you see tonight left around AD 1812 (official distance ÷ speed of light).
At magnitude 5 it is bright enough for the naked eye (limit about 6) — look from somewhere dark.
Declination -4.2° — it rises above the horizon in Seoul (37.6° N), so it is visible from Korea in the right season.

Worked out from this object's official values.